I bought their "Best Of" album today for $8. I'll be honest: It's pretty crappy. There's a good song or two (Friend of the Devil, for instance) but it's mostly bad.

I feel like all the hippies I've ever known have lied to me._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

Sounds about right. The thing is, I also (re)purchased Dark Side of the Moon while I was out. I guess I consider them to both be the same type of hippie/stoner music, but the juxtaposition between the two albums is incredible.

I feel like I'd need some weed to appreciate the Grateful Dead. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon is completely incredible sober._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

Dark Side is just a fantastic album. The Dead never produced something like that because they are not as good as Pink Floyd.

Really you should just be listening to Led Zeppelin and driving around in a convertible and beating the shit out of people.

I guess that's the realization for today: The Grateful Dead really jsut aren't good enough to be timeless.

One of these days I aspire to be Brock. There was a $20, two CD and one DVD Zeppelin set that I was looking at._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

I guess that's the realization for today: The Grateful Dead really jsut aren't good enough to be timeless.

One of these days I aspire to be Brock. There was a $20, two CD and one DVD Zeppelin set that I was looking at.

Mothership? It certainly has everything you would need on it.

The Dead are more important for their influence on music rather than the quality of their records. Some very good bands have not managed to produce a quality album. That will be especially true of today's musicians, since albums don't even matter anymore.

Yeah, Mothership. Looked good, but it was $20 as opposed to $16 total for the two albums I got.

The quality of the album is less important than the quality of the songs. What I'm listening to isn't even a real album, being a best of and all. One-for-one I'd say Pink Floyd's songs are better without hesitation.

How would you describe the Dead's influence on music? All I've got is a bunch of hippies (And I mean that in the most literal sense possible, this isn't derogatory) telling me that the Dead are awesome and really mellowed them out. I don't think I have nearly enough meta-appreciation of the music of the time to want to listen to a band for its influence on the scene._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

I'm fairly sure they created the whole "jam bands" thing. So Phish, Dave Matthews, etc. And they certainly have more memorable and listenable songs than the Grateful Dead. Oh, and Blind Melon, which is one of the best bands of the 90s.

Alright, I can certainly hear the lineage. Also, I remember seeing this video. Good stuff._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

People need to stop doing that._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.

I've spent some more time with the Dead. I can say with confidence now that I like about half of the songs on the CD. Definitely better than when I first got it, at least. The songs they have which are about more than drugs are pretty good, for the most part. I really just don't have the context to enjoy the rest of their songs which are solely about drugs.

It seems like 80% of their songs are about drugs, though sometimes they are about drugs and something else, which I can handle._________________' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'.